Product Owner at Recruit with Purpose, East Midlands, £Contract Rate

Are you a product owner who is looking for their next job opportunity?

Recruit with Purpose are supporting a leading social housing provider who are bringing in a Product Owner on an outside IR35 basis to take ownership of their small change function.

This is a genuine backlog ownership role rather than a roadmap or commercial product position. You'll sit between the business and the delivery teams, own the intake and prioritisation of small change demand, and make sure the right work properly defined reaches the delivery teams.

The role:

You'll own and prioritise the product and sprint backlogs, balancing business value, operational and regulatory risk, urgency, dependencies and delivery capacity.

Day to day that means:

• Triaging incoming requests against agreed small change criteria clarifying the problem, the outcome, the value and who owns it and redirecting anything that belongs in a project, a service request or another route
• Running discovery: current-state process analysis, pain points, business rules, data, risks and dependencies
• Translating business need into clear user stories, acceptance criteria, process maps and proportionate requirements
• Defining the minimum viable change, challenging low-value asks and holding scope so small change stays small
• Supporting refinement, estimation and sprint planning with cross-functional delivery teams
• Coordinating UAT securing a named business owner, proper evidence and explicit acceptance

What they are looking for:

• Experience as a Product Owner (or a blended PO/BA role) in agile or iterative delivery
• Proven backlog ownership and prioritisation with both business and technical stakeholders
• Strong requirements definition user stories, acceptance criteria, process mapping, business rules
• Experience shaping small change demand and distinguishing it from project or service activity
• Track record of coordinating UAT and securing clear business acceptance

Details:

IR35 status: Outside

Rate: Dependant on experience

Duration: 6 months initially

Start: Asap

If this sounds like a good fit, I would love to hear from you. Please apply to this advert or you can reach me directly on Alex@recruitwithpurpose.co.uk

Looking forward to hearing from you.